Hezbollah counterattacks with the longest attack in duration and intensity so far – Hospitals in the southern suburbs of Beirut are evacuated
With repeated attacks against Israel, the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah responds today, after the Israeli airstrike on the organization’s underground headquarters in Beirut, where there are reports that the leader of the organization, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed.
Hezbollah said it had bombed northern Israel after the strikes on its stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
The organization targeted me Fadi-1 rockets the Cambri kibbutz at northern israel, in response to Israel’s “barbaric” attacks “on towns, villages and civilians” in Lebanon, according to its statement.
As the SKAI envoy Stavros Ioannidis reported from Israel, Hezbollah launched a rocket attack targeting areas east of Haifa, in the Galilee.
As he said, “this is the first major response by Hezbollah”, noting that there are currently no reports of deaths, injuries or damage.
According to the report, Israel’s air defenses appear to have worked, with most of the rockets shot down.
New severe blows by Israel
At the same time, and after an all-night bombardment, the Israelis continue their raids in Lebanon, with airstrikes in the Bekaa Valley, north of Beirut.
The sound of an explosion was heard across the Lebanese capital while smoke was seen rising from the southern suburbs, an eyewitness told Reuters.
Meanwhile, Lebanese MP Mark Dow told Reuters that the mountainous town of Bamdoun, southeast of Beirut, was hit by an Israeli raid early this morning.
The extent of the damage caused is currently unknown.
At the same time, Lebanon’s health ministry announced this morning that hospitals in Beirut’s southern suburbs were being evacuated and ordered hospitals to which patients will be transferred “to stop accepting non-urgent cases by the end of next week.
Lebanon’s health ministry has not yet released an updated casualty count.
Source :Skai
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